The Turtles, Alligators, Birds and Deer of Brazos Bend

At the Fishing Pier at 40 Acre Lake

Yes....Virginia.... there are Alligators at Brazos  Bend State Park

The Red-Eared Slider is a commonly seen inhabitant of Brazos Bend State Park:

often sharing the logs with Coots and Gallinules

The high waters at Brazos Bend had the birds out in droves... all using the water as a source of food.... there were Little Blue Herons....

Boat-tailed Grackles.....

Cardinals

Roseate Spoonbills

Common Ibises

Crows

Common Egrets

Common Gallinules

Blue-winged Teal

and Rafts of Coots...

Louisiana Herons

and Cattle Egrets

And of course, Brazos Bend's best known mammal, the White-tailed Deer